| YPSILANTI, MI - October 2006 – The University of Michigan Health System Department of Pathology has awarded Freedom Imaging Systems — one of the nation’s leading data management and solutions developers — the contract to install its innovative document imaging software at the department’s clinical laboratories in Ann Arbor. This installation promises substantial time and cost savings for the department by allowing the in-house management and exchange of critical, sensitive data across multiple repositories.
By utilizing Freedom’s RICAR (Record Image Capture And Retrieval) software — a powerful document management solution that eliminates manual paper handling — faculty and staff throughout the Pathology Department and its various laboratories can gain control of their data in mere seconds, right from their PC desktop. Once laboratory requisitions and other documents are scanned using RICAR, they can immediately be retrieved using a number of “look-up” criteria. Images will be stored to DVD for permanent archiving, while automatic indexing will be made possible via barcode recognition software.
The laboratories will also benefit from RICAR’s ability to create checks and balances between various systems, as well as its full suite of management reports. The highly secure RICAR makes it faster and easier than ever to archive, sort and resort, and transfer documents — increasing productivity and eliminating the need for microfiche/film and off-site storage. Plus, Freedom is dedicated to providing top-notch training and support, utilizing a phased approach that allows organizations to understand and realize efficiencies at each step of deployment.
The goals of the University of Michigan Health System Department of Pathology (www.pathology.med.umich.edu) are leadership in education, research and service. The Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Laboratories offer a full range of diagnostic services, including professional consultative services by university faculty. The Clinical Pathology Laboratories provide excellent, full-spectrum service and more than 800 different laboratory analyses. Laboratories include Blook Bank and Transfusion, Cytogenetics, Chemical Pathology, Flow Cytometry, Hematopathology, Immunology, Drug Analysis and Toxicology, Microbiology and Virology, Histocompatability, Molecular Diagnostics and Phlebotomy Services.
Freedom Imaging Systems, established in 1991, is a leading provider of rapidly deployable enterprise content management solutions. Freedom develops RICAR, an enterprise-class solution that combines integrated document management, business process workflow and electronic records management in a single application. RICAR allows organizations to manage digital content, including scanned paper documents, faxes, print streams, application files, electronic forms, web content, multi-media files, and e-mails. RICAR is used by Fortune 1000 companies to automate business processes, reduce the time and cost of performing important business functions, improve organizational efficiency and address the need for regulatory compliance through the management, control and sharing of digital content with employees, business partners and customers. Visit www.freeimage.com for more information.
For additional information, please contact:
Freedom Imaging Systems
Phone: 734-327-5600
Email: information@freeimage.com
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